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TSE LUCKNOW SENT
A blizzard is 'hoW1ing; about
the 'house: 'That , man pith' the
piece Of chalk in each 'hand . ihas
jivat ..informed me, that, the .tem-
perature .. is. 15 below. ,He didn't
have to. My arthritis had already
given me .the • message,:
These are .the gray. days of
•, deep. midwinter, when one . is
• Sorely ' tempted to 'get drunk, or
takeoff. for 'Tahiti, solo, or just
'wander off 'and ,lie down quietly
in a snowbark' • "
yere's only one thing that
saves my sanity each, winter.
That is ' the certainty , ,that there
are several months of exciting
, evenings : of controversial cower-
cation ahead.. : • '
Every winter I feel sorry .for
:people in lush, tropical 'countries.
What In the world, can they. find
to :talk ':about? •How. bored ,they
Must become ..with nothing to
mull ,over but love, religion,pol-'
ities and the heat! No wonder
'they're iSo emotionally 'trigger-
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trigiger , ' :hippy; '`so prone to • revsolutions, -
just .to break .the, monotony.
* being °We Canadians, besides be
• the• Ihealthieot, happiest, .'ri hhest
and (best -looking- people "':'.in the
world, .are 'surely .also the -incest
eloquent. conv,ersationa,ligts . in
e*istence. We' are :never . so des-
titute..of, COirversat'ional gambits
that we 'have 'AO • fall , back.. on,
• suoh 'Hackneyed' ithemes.c, as ' :art,.
the soul, ` ' love, • or .man's , inhu-
.. , inanity to wan.:' Never:
For six .months 'of the year
we ;discourse brilliantly tni.islx-
ing, • The Boat, babies, • The CO-,
targe,' gardening; The Car. The:
°last-Rnenbioned, •of course, •ap
Pears as: often: ° in our dialogue.
as deity` does in that 'of less
• favored_ races.
' But it .1s •..in= • the. 'other ail
,months, . ,`'bhe., winter, that we
really come into our own, con
versatioilally During the Jong.
black nirghtst, listen in- On alanost
:•any• conversation in"' our land,
and you w'il'l; marvel at "'the sn
tricacies of' intellect,'. the subtle -
.
ties .of expression, the rapier-l'ike
• parry, and • ,thrust. of, our ° cern,
munication
e n-
mrunica+tion
A-�c*
A ` foreigner is' baffled' and
charmed.. rby the. sparkling "qual
ity' of our 'co1koquy.` A. Canadian
midwinter '•conversation ' Would
make Socrates sulk, Plato .pouwt
-.Atthe bridge table, . cardsare
forgotten when the- conversation
begins to bubble' ;lake ; vintage
chamrpagne..In the Pub, :beer is:
left untouched on •;:the ttable:.
What, you niay ,ask, • is the
-=essence' that. makes' Canadian
converse : so . rich an heady in`
the .'Winter? Let's listen m and
%find out. We'll drop cin on' a
typical January party,', in an
average home, where are gath-
ered beauty and chivalry,: fair
women and brave 'men: -Typical
Canadians; ' in short:
• Hark. to this. 'young : matron,
her sirn,ple dignity and , warmth
:a - eontenance scarcely marred
by the purple eyelids and'Slight
double chart,' "We. like the oil,
cuz y' don't haftafool with it.
:Just set .'er :arida she' stays the
• way y' want 'er. A course, the
m.init .I turn it, up a bit; Jim
runs over andturns it down.
Says I'll ruin us:" Giggling. •
Speaks with :courtly grace the
gentleman 6nher left, ."Ah, .you'
can • have that oi,ls !Ston. e'xpen-
si^ve. ;Girrime 'the good • Ole , hard
coal,, with ' a man -that knows
howta . ,harmer , that. furnace, I
mean y' get that,'real hot •heat,t'
Superciliously.
"Yah,butch gotta . have a
good fan,. or she doesn't 'kick,
that heat around," says.the de-
mure .little' -woman. across from
him. "We like ,the stoker our-.
selves, George useta puff so'iiae-:
$rni Y
'-thing terrible when the had ta
shovel, ,but now he .•dozzen even
°hafta ,go down, only every. coil-
pla 'days, so it gives 'm more
time to help 'Itha dishes." Wink=
ing gaily at the .hapless. George.
"$aycha like," contributes ' an -
Other: young ' gallant, .leaning
across, "but I'll take wood. :Sa
little more. work, but .she's quick
an' she's hot. An' ya., never that-
to worryabout strikes; cuz the
farmers never go on strike:".•Tri-
umphaiitlyo
And so it . goes. Of. course,
that's . only a rough- .sample. • of
what makes' our midwinter con-
versation . so< faseinating - - - re.
words could never. cone the
intensity of ;emotion II a nuances
'Of meaning, that eine,: e;' in these
Clashes. of -wit.
But ` you needn't t. ik to me
about , the d scourges in •
the ° salons of l8th • century
France. Tell me. not• Of the spar-
kl'ing exchanges ..among 'the dons;.
of Oxford. Just' gime •me . any
group of red~~blooded, , . furnace -
minded. Canadians in Midwinter;
and I'l1' settle backihalppily, wait-
ing far• the opportunity • to • thrill
bhezn.: with the story.; 'of• IhowI:;
almost' Out in a sawdust=burner
one winter.
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Without 'yoii�r - consent at is • inn
possible. for you to be afailure.
LOCHALS'
• •• Fire destroed the, newly :built
home '.of. Mr.' and Mrs. Eldon
MacLennan; late. Sunday ,rafter-
noon. of last :week. Mr. and M'rs.
MacLennan :and their two small
children returned, (hone from
'An- berley 'to'find\•their::'home in.
flames. :•
Church services at Ashfield
Presbyterian Church were Can-
celled due- Ito. stormy weather &
snow blocked roads.
Mass .E;.atie Sutherland of Lon-
don: spent • a • Ifew: 'holidays. with.
Mr.. and Mrs'° • D A: MacLennan,
Mr. . Ed ' Dexter `of iLucknow
visited:,Mr. and Mrs.. Walter Dex-
ter..
Barbara ,Finlayson 'spent a few
days : of her holidays in Toronto:
John',•-MoCha'rles attended Toe.
Alpha in Toronto during:'the rholi
day season.
Mrs'.Ewan MacoLean 'spent a`
few days in` Sarnia visiting rela"-
Oyes and friends,
Holiday visitors with •Mr: and
Mrs. Henry.; Mac+Kenzie' and fam-
ily were Mr ;.Ray MacKenzie' of
Toronto' and. Misses Edna and
Eliza .Cook of :Owen,'Sound
Nor/nan..•MacLennan of Wing-.
ham :spent a ' few' holidays with
John' Bradley: •
Miss: Audrey .4 Ro s, R.N: bf
London spent the Christmas hole -
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Wan • Ross.
Latest. report on George
crief who is , a ' patient in Victoria
Hospital, London, is that he :con-
tinues
ontinues 'to im.prbve, .
`:Miss Barbara Finlayson ,has re-
turned : t� Guelrph` where she at
tends .school at MacDonald hi-'
stitute,_.
Mr, anal Mrs; Lorne Luther re-
turned home. from •a vi rt aver
the 'holidays• • at Ridgetown,
Mrs DaisyMcCharles is spend-
i.n'g' a •while with Mrs.. Duncan
Munn. .•
,'Miss Annie MacDonald is holi-
daying in Harri>lten. •
' Reports ;are :that Mrs. Annie
'MacDonald is making 'favourable
progress . and, is due in. London
for a check-up' on the 9th of
January. Mrs. lldacb•onald•has•
been staying with her sister in
H,an'liiton for some time,
Mr, arid Mrs, Eldon MacLen
nen, and family are staying with
and Mrs, ; Emci:1e, MacLennan..
n'y •
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